new Delhi: There has been a landslide victory in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Out of 403 assembly seats, BJP along with its allies has so far captured 274 seats. With this, the BJP has once again formed the government under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. For the first time since 1985, a party has won the election for the second time in a row. At the same time, before the election, many big leaders of BJP had left the party and joined the SP, including Swami Prasad Maurya, Dharam Singh Saini and Dara Singh Chauhan. Let us know who got what in the election results.
Swami Prasad Maurya Yogi
Swami Prasad Maurya, who was a minister in the cabinet, was the first leader who left the BJP and rode on the SP’s cycle. While leaving the BJP, he accused the Yogi government of oppressing the backward and not developing. With this, while announcing the end of BJP, she said that she has hit the last nail on the coffin of BJP. At the same time, in the result, the public has given him a big blow. He has to face defeat in Fazilnagar seat. Surendra Kushwaha of BJP defeated him by 45014 votes.
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Dharam Singh Saini
Like Swami Prasad, Dharam Singh Saini had also joined the SP, accusing the BJP of not developing the backward classes. But like Swami, he too has had to face defeat. Dharam Singh Saini lost from Nakur seat to Mukesh Chaudhary of BJP by 315 votes. While Saini got 103799 votes, Chaudhary got 104114 votes.
Brijesh Kumar Prajapati
Brijesh Kumar Prajapati, along with Swami Prasad Maurya, left the BJP and joined the SP, but was evicted by the public’s court. Ramkesh Nishad of BJP has defeated Prajapati by 28415 seats.
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Roshan Lal Verma
Roshanlal Verma was also one of the MLAs who left the BJP in support of Swamy. But like his leader, he too had to face defeat. BJP’s Salona Kushwaha defeated Verma by 13222 votes and retained Tilhar seat with BJP.
Madhuri Verma
Madhuri Verma was among the 11 MLAs who left the BJP and joined the SP. However, like any other, he too had to face defeat. While Ram Niwas Verma of Apna Dal (S) won the seat by a margin of 12,184 votes.
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Dara Singh Chauhan
Dara Singh Chauhan was one of the three ministers of the Yogi cabinet who resigned and joined the SP. Chouhan, who won election from Madhuban since 2017, contested from Ghosi seat in 2022 and won. He defeated Vijay Kumar Rajbhar of BJP by more than 22 thousand votes.